highest ppg by a forward as a rookie

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by a rookie forward this season, with 18.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a forward as a rookie this regular season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
18.0
2025-26
CHA CHA
24
33.5
5.5
3.3
0.8
0.2
6.3
13.7
45.9
3.4
8.4
40.3
2.1
2.3
90.9
61.3
1.0
4.5
2.4
803
433
131
78
18
5
57
54
-54
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
17.3
2025-26
DAL DAL
24
33.7
6.3
3.3
1.3
0.7
6.7
14.0
47.5
0.9
3.5
25.3
3.1
3.8
82.2
55.1
1.2
5.1
2.2
808
415
152
78
32
16
52
53
-153
3Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
10.3
2025-26
UTA UTA
23
23.2
3.3
1.7
0.8
0.3
4.0
9.0
44.7
1.5
4.2
36.5
0.7
1.0
77.3
54.7
1.4
1.9
1.4
534
236
75
40
19
8
32
57
-122
4Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
7.0
2025-26
TOR TOR
20
17.5
3.2
1.3
0.7
0.3
2.7
4.9
55.7
0.6
1.3
48.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
63.5
1.7
1.6
1.2
349
140
64
25
13
6
24
45
-42
5Liam McNeeley
L. McNeeley
4.9
2025-26
CHA CHA
18
14.1
2.4
0.9
0.2
0.1
1.4
3.7
39.4
1.0
2.4
40.9
1.1
1.3
82.6
58.5
0.4
2.0
0.6
254
89
44
16
4
2
10
29
+3
6Will Riley
W. Riley
3.9
2025-26
WAS WAS
16
10.0
1.8
0.8
0.3
0.0
1.6
3.3
47.2
0.3
1.1
29.4
0.5
0.8
66.7
54.0
0.7
1.1
0.6
160
63
28
13
4
0
10
9
-87
7Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
2.4
2025-26
SAS SAS
17
7.9
1.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.8
31.9
0.5
1.6
29.6
0.2
0.2
100.0
42.4
0.4
1.4
0.4
134
41
29
1
4
2
6
15
+8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

18th

DRTG

118.5

24th

NETRTG

-4.1

21st

3P%

34.2

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
Bucks Bucks
10
15
.400
9.5
11
Bulls Bulls
9
14
.391
9.5
12
Hornets Hornets
7
17
.292
12.0
13
Nets Nets
6
17
.261
12.5
14
Pacers Pacers
5
18
.217
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM
Thu
12/18
ATL ATL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
CHA CHA
@
DET DET
7:30 PM
Mon
12/22
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

17 - 6

115

Final

106

CHA Hornets

7 - 17

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
1
.958
2
Lakers Lakers
17
6
.739
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
17
6
.739
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
7.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
8
.652
7.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
16
7
.696
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Raptors Raptors
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Magic Magic
14
10
.583
5.0
6
Heat Heat
14
10
.583
5.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
11/9
MIN MIN
@
UTA UTA
120-113
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
LAC LAC
105-102
Mon
11/10
TOR TOR
@
BKN BKN
119-109
Mon
11/10
MEM MEM
@
NYK NYK
120-133
Mon
11/10
GSW GSW
@
OKC OKC
102-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/8
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Mon
12/8
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
7:30 PM
Mon
12/8
SAS SAS
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Tue
12/9
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
6:00 PM
Tue
12/9
NYK NYK
@
TOR TOR
8:30 PM